An analytical laboratory with nothing to sell you
LAVA Diagnostics exists for one reason: so that a claim about a research peptide can be checked by a party with no stake in the answer.
Why we exist
The research peptide market runs on documentation that is frequently produced by, or paid for by, the party selling the material. A certificate supplied by a vendor about the vendor's own product answers a different question than the one a buyer is actually asking.
We built LAVA to remove that conflict entirely. We do not manufacture peptides. We do not distribute them, resell them, broker them, or take a referral fee from anyone who does. There is no arrangement under which a supplier can pay us more for a better number, because there is no better number - there is only what the instrument recorded.
That constraint is commercially inconvenient and it is the entire point. When a batch comes back at 94% against a 99% label claim, we issue a certificate that says 94% and attach the chromatogram that shows why. Clients who want a laboratory that will find the answer they were hoping for are, genuinely, better served elsewhere.
What we offer in return is a document that carries weight. A certificate is only worth the independence of the laboratory that signed it, and ours is verifiable by anyone your customers care to show it to.
By the numbers
- Samples analysed
- 42,000+
- Day standard turnaround
- 3-5
- Peptides sold, ever
- 0
- Results reported as measured
- 100%
Operating Principles
Four commitments we will not trade away
Structural independence
We hold no ownership stake in, and receive no commission from, any manufacturer, distributor or reseller of research peptides. We do not sell peptides in any form. Our only commercial relationship with a client is the testing fee - and that fee is identical whether a sample passes or fails.
Results as measured
A failing result is issued with the same rigour, and the same supporting data, as a passing one. We do not withdraw, soften or re-run a result because a client is unhappy with it, and we do not offer retesting until pass. What the instrument recorded is what the certificate says.
Two-analyst review
No certificate is released on one person's judgement. Every dataset is independently reviewed and signed off by a second analyst who did not run the sample, and the reviewing analyst is named on the document.
Evidence, not just conclusions
Chromatograms and spectra are retained for every reported result and supplied on request. A purity percentage is a summary; the trace behind it is the evidence, and you are entitled to see it.
Methods & Standards
Where a compendial method exists, we follow it
Our methods are validated in accordance with ICH Q2(R2) and performed under a documented quality system. Contact the laboratory for our current accreditation schedule and scope documentation.
Analytical method validation
Specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, range and robustness established and documented for every quantitative method in routine use.
Sterility
Membrane filtration with 14-day incubation across two growth media, performed on intact unopened units under validated aseptic technique.
Bacterial endotoxins
Kinetic chromogenic LAL with positive product control demonstrating absence of assay inhibition or enhancement in your specific matrix.
Elemental impurities
ICP-MS determination of Class 1 and Class 2A elements with microwave digestion and matrix-matched calibration.
Residual solvents
Static headspace GC-FID screening for Class 1 and Class 2 solvents associated with peptide synthesis and purification.
Compendial method verification
Verification that each compendial procedure performs as intended in our laboratory, on our instrumentation, with your sample matrix.
What we do not accept, and why we say so plainly
We do not accept human growth hormone, HCG, HMG, testosterone or related hormone preparations, nor cosmetic injectables of unverified origin. Samples outside our accepted scope are declined at receiving and returned at the client's cost.
We also do not issue statements about whether material is safe, effective, or suitable for administration to any living thing. An analytical result describes composition. It is not a safety assessment, a regulatory clearance, or a licence, and we will not let a certificate be presented as one.